FBI Executes Warrant at Fulton County Election Office (Full Transcript)
[00:00:00] Speaker 1: So we are learning more details about what is going on down in Fulton County, where we have learned that the FBI is serving a search warrant at the county's election offices, the FBI confirming this is connected to an ongoing investigation. And a source tells CNN that this is part of an effort by the Justice Department to seize election records and allegations of voter fraud back in the 2020 election. Now, the Atlanta metro area has been a centerpiece of President Trump's baseless allegations that the 2020 election was stolen from him. Another important piece of context here is that in the first Trump administration, when he first started making these claims, his Justice Department, then led by Bill Barr, looked into this and didn't find enough evidence to pursue a full blown investigation. The Justice Department has sued the county to try to get these records. That litigation is ongoing. So it is notable that now they have gone to a judge and gotten a search warrant to pursue these records.
- FBI is searching Fulton County election offices under a judge-authorized warrant.
- The action is tied to a DOJ investigation seeking 2020 election records related to voter-fraud allegations.
- Atlanta/Fulton County has been a focal point of Trump’s baseless 2020 election claims.
- Trump-era DOJ under Bill Barr previously found insufficient evidence for a major probe.
- DOJ has also sought the records via ongoing litigation; the warrant suggests escalation.